While shopping in a discount store one day, I found a stack of sixty page spiral notebooks. Most of them had cartoon covers and were priced for a dime each. So, I'm sitting at my desk later thinking to myself, "Well, I sure got a bargain... now what?" It was summer, so I handed out the notebooks to several young kids who were bored. The deal was that I would pay them five dollars each to write a book during the month of July. (Sloppy work not allowed) Next, I gave the younger ones crayons so they could draw on every page, but they had to write at least one sentence about the picture. Each child would receive a certificate of achievement for writing (and keeping a promise.) Along with it, they got a copy of the money, because you knowthat five was gone! Someof my friends also did this, and we all loved it. The kids were so creative, and now we all have their books. I keep mine in my "crying drawer". (Read "The Crying Drawer" from my other blog "Footprints In The Garden")!!
